Not a list of dozens of programs — four priorities that everything we build stands beneath.
Safeguard the philosophy, art, music, and rasm & rawaj of the Afghan people before living memory thins.
Carry the inheritance forward to Afghan-American youth and curious neighbors alike.
Gather, verify, distill, and openly share one living repository of Afghan heritage — free forever.
Secure a forever home for Afghan heritage among the cottages of Balboa Park.
We can't build everything at once — so we build in order. The early years preserve what is most at risk and bring people together; the middle years deepen the work and reach the next generation; the later years open the Canon to the world and secure a permanent home.
Foundation. Monthly gatherings in the Hall of Nations, oral-history and elder interviews begun, the first scholarships, Nowruz and Ramadan Nights, and the Canon's first volumes gathered.
Growth. Farsi classes and youth programs, a recurring arts and festival calendar, the podcast and translation program, and the fundraising that sustains it all.
Permanence. The Canon opened broadly and freely, an artist residency, a capital campaign, and a permanent cottage among the houses of Balboa Park.
Each pillar needs hands, voices, and patrons. Find your place in the work.